Issue 286

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Who Pays the Harper, Calls the Tune: We look more closely at the control the corporate sector exercises over governments, particularly with reference to trade agreements, and collaboration of NGOs in this regardGreening McDonald's: World Wildlife Fund partners on 'sustainably managed' sourcesImporting Low Wages: Target stores prepare to move into Canada under their same old modelRevolving Door Revolves Again: Stephen Yarrow moves from CFIA to CropLife Haiti: An "Unnatural Disaster": The disaster built on decades of US free trade and food aid that undermined Haitian small scale, intensive agriculture - this needs to be reclaimedOrange Juice Concentration: Coke and Pepsi together control nearly 2/3 of the market"A Lack of Acceptance": of GMOs in Europe affects canola, cornIn Their Own Words: Canadian Ag Minister Ritz insists that contamination is good for organics; Kraft is showcasing efforts to reduce its carbon footprintUnsustainable: Notes on industrial agriculture, biodieselOr Sustainable: A new report shows how agroecologically efficient systems support food sovereigntyResistance: Weeds like Johnsongrass popping up like new food movement initativesMonsanto - Again: We really wish they would go away! but we have to keep reporting, as below:False Advertising, India: Monsanto's claims on Bt cotton are proved falseGlyphosate - Resistance: A growing number of weeds are now resistant to glyphosate (Roundup)and Persistence: Both glyphosate and its breakdown products are found in rain and rivers in the USA.

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